The Study Of The Pre-Qin Confucian Friendly Thought And Its Contemporary Value

The pre-Qin Confucian friendly thought is an important part of the pre-Qin Confucian ethical thought, it is the summary of a kind of friendly, amicable and harmonious ideology, concept of value and ethical consciousness and so on. The pre-Qin Confucian friendly thought formed in understanding and dealing with the three relations between people and themselves, people and others, people and nature. The pre-Qin Confucianism which represented by Confucius, MengZi and XunZi based on the historical development and the value pursuit of the society’s civilization at that time. And it deeply expounded the friendly thought which including “how to help other people success”, “being friendly to others ”, “being friendly to oneself”, “being friendly to the society” and “being friendly to the nature”. And then it is showed by the concept of benevolence, etiquette, elegance, courtesy and so on. It not only deepens the ethical thought of Confucian benevolence, but also extends the vision and the sate of the ethical thought of Confucian benevolence.The pre-Qin Confucian friendly thought puts humanity as the core and puts rites as performance and take harmony for the purpose. It not only focuses on improving oneself and creating achievement for others, but also on the harmony between man and the nature. Relationship between people and themselves, the pre-Qin Confucian friendly thought advocates being friendly to ourselves, that engages in self-cultivation on the basis of that people should cherish their lives, and can constantly improve his intrinsic virtue and comprehensive quality so that it can reach the realm of "adult" sanctification and realize their own value of life maximally. Among inter-human relations, the pre-Qin Confucian friendly thought not only advocates being friendly to others and being "loyalty and forgiveness", that is to say,we should treat others as you treat yourself, but also requires people to be broad-minded toward others. It is more important to know how to help others achieve success and then improve themselves at the same time, in other words, to create favorable conditions for the success of others. Relationship between the person and the nature, the pre-Qin Confucian friendly thought advocates being friendly to the nature, we should not only respect the objective laws and do in accordance to objective laws, but also we should understand the principle of “taking in time”and do not drain the pond to catch all the fish so that the nature can achieve sustainable and healthy development. And then we also should be kind to all animals and we can not kill any animals arbitrarily, so as to maintain the biodiversity and promote the ecological balance.The pre-Qin Confucian friendly thought puts emphasis on the harmonious relations between people and themselves, people and others, people and nature, and it is very rich and profound, which has a significant role in developing the Chinese traditional ethics spirit and national character. In the new historical period, we should inherit and carry forward the pre-Qin Confucian friendly thought, which has an important practical significance in cultivating and fullfilling the socialism core values and forming a new kind of virtue. And then we should fully explore and make use of the value and flash point of the pre-Qin Confucian friendly thought and absorb the essence and reject the dross and promote the harmony and unity between man and himself, man and man, man and nature, so as to serve that constructing the friendly ethics in the new period and forming the ethical spirit of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.